10 Mind-Blowing Facts About Friends

3. The Main Cast Makes $20 Million A Year EACH From Royalties

The Friends cast made $1 million per episode in the show's final two seasons, resulting in payouts of $24 million and $18 million in seasons nine and ten respectively.

And though Friends has been over for 15 years (!), the cast has been dining out on its syndication residuals ever since, which combined with the age of streaming, ensures the show generates over a billion dollars in revenue per year at present.

It's estimated that the cast will make around $20 million from TV and streaming royalties this year alone, a figure that's unlikely to waver any time soon given the ridiculous popularity of the series on Netflix - and the outcry regarding its move to WarnerMedia's own HBO Max service next year.